Selective amygdalohippocampectomy: Surgical outcome in children versus adults

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-191

  Datta, A ^a   Sinclair, D Barry ^a,b   Wheatley, M ^a   Jurasek, L ^a   Snyder, T ^a   Quigley, D ^a   Ahmed, S ^a   Gross, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649139657     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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